Quotes About Sincerity

I'm as honest as I can possibly be when I write.

If I start trying to make a record for what I think could possibly get played on radio, I'm dead.

Never blog just to put something out there. I would post only things that excite me.

I've decided that I'm not going to filter as much of what I post, because what's the point?

The films I grew up loving, and the art that I love, is not generally the kind of postmodern ironic winking stuff. What lasts is the stuff in which the artists are totally in league with the subject.

An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.

I've always considered myself a master in the art of real talk.

I always made my songs very conversational, and if anyone ever has a conversation with me, they know I'm a very open guy, very open and honest.

Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

As an actor, I need to convince the audience that the character that I'm playing is real, and the situation that this character is in is also real.

As an actress, I should be playing my parts with conviction; otherwise, the audience won't be convinced.

I would never play a character that wasn't true. It's not a moral thing; it's just that it's more convincing if it's a little bit like me.

I didn't want to act like I'm too cool for school or anything like that.

I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.

The world needs actual excitement and emotion more than it needs cool people.

I have to feel what I'm writing, right down to the core.

I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?

Posturing is counterproductive. Posturing only works if things are screwed up.

When you're playing country music, you have to tell the truth.

I love country music because it's honest - and I'm a terrible liar.

Country music is who I really, really am deeply.

People like authenticity and I think I have the courage of my convictions and am authentic.

People can see through crap pretty easily. Just go out there and be comfortable. Be you. Be authentic.

I'm not gonna be one of those guys who's going to do the Conor McGregor effect and talk a bunch of crap to make money.